Boeing 787 Dreamliner

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been in the news recently for having issues with their lithium-ion batteries. As a result of this the company has been experiencing a line of issues with delay of delivery, business loss, and redesign costs within the last four years.

Due to an overheating issue in the lithium-ion battery, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was forced to be grounded. This has happened on two different occasions not too long ago, in addition to emergency landings, fires and others. Nevertheless the aircraft company still defends its choice of using lithium-ion batteries on their planes, explaining that the batteries deliver “significant benefits” (W.J. Hennigan). There have been several reports claiming the batteries to be defective and prone to overheating issues, although they tend to make the 787 a lighter and more fuel efficient aircraft compared to others. Nevertheless as a result of its latest issues Boeing has decided to revert back to nickel cadmium main batteries as a plan B, which are known to be more reliable batteries. The Dreamliners have been brought to a halt, and swapped the defective aircraft with alternates until the date of January 28th of this year. Ironically enough, “Boeing has not slowed down its production of Dreamliners and plans to deliver the same,(around five per month), planes to dozens of airlines around the world” (Martin). Their plan is to keep delivering their airlines at the same rate until they are given the go-ahead to resume flight by the FAA. Overall, in my opinion Boeing is not making a wise choice by continuing to build their Dreamiline aircraft. The fact that they are under scrutiny by the FAA, and having had problems with the lithium-ion battery should a clear indicator that they should discontinue, if not at least pause, their production of Dreamline aircrafts. In addition Boeing officials declined to share any information on behalf of possible compensation for delivery delays to aircraft carriers which is even...

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Critical facts
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Head quartered in Everett Washington, Boeing business unit has manufacturing of five commercial airplanes, VIP-Derivative airplanes, Fabrication and assembly facilities and global support.(Boeing,2014)
Boeing built its first airplane in 1916, the company earned $68.3 billion in revenue in 2009, combined revenue of defense and commercial airplanes divisions.(Boeing,2014)
737, 747, 767,777and 787 are present commercial Boeing products of which product development and innovation are going on 787Dreamliner and 747-8.(Boeing,2014)
Boeing has introduced new 787-Dreamliner commercial airplane promising to be most fuel efficient (20% less than the normal aircraft) and technically advanced with better flying experience.(Boeing,2014)
ANA is the first 787’s customer with 50 planes delivered by 2008(Tavel,2013)
First 787 flight was filed in Oct, 2011, three years behind schedule. Despite delay in project Boeing received 600 more orders from different airlines.(Boeing,2014)
As of 2014, Boeing delivered 121 airplanes to 16 airplane customers around the world with 71000 flights operating experience. .(Travel,2013)...

...Overview of Boeing
The Boeing Company is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. A top U.S. exporter, the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in 150 countries. Boeing products and tailored services include commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training (Boing.com, 2013). According to Stephanie Chatman, who is a Procurement agent of The Boeing Company, Boeing has a 51% market share, which is a very close percentage to their rival Airbus 49% market share. Drew explains that Boeing now expects revenue for 2012 of $79.5 billion to $81.5 billion, where their earlier projection was $78 billion to $80 billion. (Drew, 2012).
Strengths
The Boeing Company has multiple strengths to deliver to this SWOT analysis. They display diversity. Boeing produces commercial airplanes, integrated defense systems, military and missile systems, as well as space and communications. This broad range of products and services allows them to have more stability. They also have good customer relations and Boeing continues to work to make their planes more comfortable for passengers and its crew. In...

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Boeing787Dreamliner Network Security
Stephen Connolly
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Boeing787Dreamliner Network Security
In 2008 Boeing had made all sorts of headlines in the media, due to some new technological developments in their newly designed 787Dreamliner. These headlines that splashed across websites were initially brought about due to a FAA “special conditions” report. This topic of this report first appeared in Flight International, and then a few days later it gathered momentum in a critical follow up from Wired Magazine. According to Wired (2008), the FAA states “Boeing’s new 787 may be vulnerable to hacker attack”.
All of this has come about due to the new design features of the 787. Whilst designing what they believed to be an aircraft for the future, they had pre-empted the future need for in-flight entertainment and access to the Internet. Something that is all too common in todays airline travel. The 787 would have three separate networks: one for flight safety and navigation, one for administrative functions and one for entertainment and Internet access. The problem the FAA faced was that all of these three networks would be connected together. This was a cost saving initiative by Boeing, and also a way of trying to reduce weight of the aircraft by...

...doing this, they need to be able to change or implement their strategy in order to stay as competitive as they were before, form alliances and partners along the way and outperform the competition. For Boeing, trying to become the global leader in its industry again meant that they needed to launch an exceptional, better aircraft than their competition, Airbus. They were also relying on foreign partners more than ever before to get every part ready in time for assembly. With the launch of their 25th model named the 787Dreamliner, scheduled for delivery in 2008, Boeing promised to provide airlines with a fuel efficient aircraft and passengers with a modern, convenient airplane that will take them distances in comfort at competitive prices. A potential benefit of this new aircraft was to decrease fuel consumption by 20% making it more environmental friendly with its quieter takeoffs and landings.
In order to achieve this grand goal, however, Boeing allied with the world’s best and most capable companies to help them design the plane’s components. By doing this, Boeing perceived its extended supply chain and resources provided by its manufacturing partners as their competitive advantage that will allow them to reduce total costs. As far as pleasing the passengers’ tastes, Boeing was committed in providing them with the option of flying to their destinations non-stop. This...

...The Boeing787Dreamliner
After all that has been said about the Boeing787Dreamliner, the airplane is set to revolutionize the airline industry. The 787Dreamliner is more technologically advanced than its predecessors and will boast better performance, better fuel efficiency, and higher passenger comfort. To be honest, with all the new innovations the 787Dreamliner is said to have, the airplane is quite a wonder. The question now: Can Boeing deliver?
If Boeing succeeds, they will catapult past their competition, the European manufacturer Airbus. They are confident that the 787Dreamliner will help them do just that, and have predicted very high sales numbers. According to Oxford Analytica, Boeing has predicted the sale of 28,000 aircraft over the next twenty years. One quarter of these planes will be the wide-bodied 787, which would be over 45% of the market by value (OxAn). Clearly Boeing wants their 787Dreamliner to dominate the wide-bodied market. The rest of the planes that Boeing has predicted to sell are narrow-bodied aircraft, which would allow Boeing “to capture a good chunk of the future narrow-bodied market” (OxAn).
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The Boeing Company
Introduction
The Boeing Company is one of the worlds largest US based aerospace company which is founded by William Boeing in 1913. Boeing manufactures defense, space and security systems and commercial airlines. Boeing is well known for its wide range of products and services which include commercial and military aircrafts, weapons, satellites, electronic defense systems, launch systems and information and communication systems (Boeing, 2013). One among the list of products listed above, we will be discussing about the prestigious commercial airplane of Boeing i.e. Dreamliner787.
From past 4 decades, Boeing has been the leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners. Boeing commercial airplanes - is a business division of the Boeing Company with its headquarters located in Renton, Washington (Wikipedia, 2013). Since beginning, Boeing’s commercial jetliners are named 7X7 series with first one Boeing 707 launched in December, 1957 (Wikipedia, 2013). Other jets released to date include 737, 747, 757 (Ended on 2004), 767, 777, 787 with 787 being the latest.
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|How much of a service can be outsourced before the benefits stop outweighing the costs? For the first time in the history of the company, Boeing is|
|outsourcing more than 70% of the production of its new aircraft the 787Dreamliner. This is not just the production or assembly of the plane, but |
|also the specifics of engineering the individual parts. With so many parts being designed and assembled in other countries there have been |
|communication issues, lengthy delays and increased costs. This paper will explore the benefits and costs of outsourcing such a big public project. |
|It will discuss how Boeing or similar companies can better mange outsourced projects or more efficient alternatives to outsourcing them all |
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This assignment investigated the product development process in Boeing787Dreamliner. I will go through The product development process adopted for the product, Reasons/features that created excitement in the first place, Major problems encountered that caused the delay in launching the product, Problems faced in operation that led to the grounding of all aircrafts of this model, Problems faced in operation that led to the grounding of all aircrafts of this model and How would I handle the development of this product. On the surface, it seems that the supplier management organization at Boeing didn’t have diddly-squat in terms of engineering capability when they sourced all that work, which caused the whole event. But if we dig it deeply, inspecting from its excitement to disappointment brought to the public, we may see that how the product development strategy and process can lead to tremendous outcomes and feedbacks to the product, as well as to the future of the company’s developing prospect. In this aspect, the lesson learnt from the Boeing787Dreamliner will not be an individual case, but it brings about the precious teaching effect and updated conceptualizations in further product development process.
1. The product development process adopted for the product.
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